 Imagine it’s 30 minutes before the green flag drops on Sunday’s 51st Daytona 500 stock-car race.
Realizing you don’t have nearly enough Buffalo wings, you try to set your own track record on the way to the supermarket.
If only your car had some of that cutting-edge NASCAR technology. Then you could make the trip in half the time and not worry about hitting a few mailboxes on the way.
Actually, today’s production passenger cars have borrowed …Â More info
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the Women’s Pipeline Pro.Â
In 1988 five women got together to start the first Women’s contest at Pipeline.Â
At the time there were few Women stand up surfers challenging themselves at the famous spot. It was the “boggieboarders” charging the tubes.Â
As time went on Women bodyboarders gained much respect for their athletic abilities. … More info
Times are tough, so the Miami International Boat Show is going overboard to make it easier to buy a boat.
The 68th Miami show, which runs today through Monday at three sites, will have an Affordability Pavilion to help people find boats that can be financed for $300 or less per month.
The pavilion, which has appeared at other boat shows, will feature fishing boats, runabouts and personal watercraft such as an Angler 173F ($250 per month), the 20-foot Carolina Skiff 218DLV ($219), a Polar Kraft Bass Series TX175 Pro ($125) and the Yamaha VX Cruiser and VX Deluxe PWCs ($59).
Those in the market for a boat should find good deals at the show…Â More info
during their free time, Patrick Powers goes to the ocean, hoping to find some good waves to surf on.
When he’s not going to school working toward his master’s in communication studies, Powers is mostly enjoying the outdoors.
Aside from surfing and schooling, Powers is president of Powers Friends and Associates, a public relations company. He also substitute teaches at schools, though his goal is to one day become a professor at a university.
Any chance he gets, Powers is looking to go surfing and get away from the fast life pace of the city…Â More info